'Plunder' definitions:

Definition of 'plunder'

(from WordNet)
noun
Goods or money obtained illegally [syn: loot, booty, pillage, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money]
verb
Take illegally; of intellectual property; "This writer plundered from famous authors" [syn: loot, plunder]
verb
Plunder (a town) after capture; "the barbarians sacked Rome" [syn: sack, plunder]
verb
Steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" [syn: plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray]
verb
Destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country" [syn: rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunder]

Definition of 'Plunder'

From: GCIDE
  • Plunder \Plun"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plundered; p. pr. & vb. n. Plundering.] [G. pl["u]ndern to plunder, plunder frippery, baggage.]
  • 1. To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers. [1913 Webster]
  • Nebuchadnezzar plunders the temple of God. --South. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To take by pillage; to appropriate forcibly; as, the enemy plundered all the goods they found. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To pillage; despoil; sack; rifle; strip; rob. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Plunder'

From: GCIDE
  • Plunder \Plun"der\, n.
  • 1. The act of plundering or pillaging; robbery. See Syn. of Pillage. [1913 Webster]
  • Inroads and plunders of the Saracens. --Sir T. North. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. That which is taken by open force from an enemy; pillage; spoil; booty; also, that which is taken by theft or fraud. "He shared in the plunder." --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Personal property and effects; baggage or luggage. [Slang, Southwestern U.S.] [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'plunder'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Plunder'